Category Archives: Sustainability

GGHC Chill Box Prototype at Ag Fest

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Jerry

[Update: it worked well!! See blog post for build documentation. and picture below] Our first prototype/demonstration for the Chill Box is under construction and will be shown this week Saturday April 2, at the Maui Agricultural Festival in the Educational … Continue reading →

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GGHC Chill Box week 2 (or 3?)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jerry

Our first post to the element-14 site is up.  This is a Group Blog on the element-14 site.  You can comment, etc there by joining the element-14 site, then joining the Group. Basically it gives a background on our space … Continue reading →

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Great Global Hackerspace Challenge – Chill Box

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Jerry

Its official – Maui Makers has been selected to participate in the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge (Spring 2011 edition)!! Here is the brief summary of The Challenge: Your hackerspace will create a project to help with education, using US$900 (or … Continue reading →

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Homemade plastic extrusion system for Aquaponics

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Jerry

Make Blog today had a post that caught my eye on a “Homemade plastic extrusion system” Turns out the he uses his extrusion system for turning HDPE pellets into thin, textured strips his aquaponics grown plants liked. His youtube site … Continue reading →

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